Why choose the Lifestyle Medicine approach?
Lifestyle Medicine is a highly successful approach to prevention and management of diseases. The leading causes of death (heart disease, cancer, stroke and chronic lower respiratory disease) mirror the actual causes of death (tobacco use, poor diet and physical inactivity). Most of the adjustments in lifestyle and health that are needed today to decrease these chronic degenerative disease involve multiple, steady changes in lifestyle behaviors and patterns over the long term. Healthy behavior changes can only be effective for prevention of disease when they are sustained over the long term and it people’s natural environments. Patients require regular, sustained encouragement, support and knowledge through experience to make and continue with lifestyle changes.
